Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Charles Ettinger for December 10, 2024

Tracy would save himself a ton of time and effort if he just read the strip from September 2nd, 2018.

Case closed!

Good morning™, all!

Of course, all the rest of the suspects are also innocent.

Get them all in a “confession” box in church.

So while we are enjoying (?) this rerun, an odd thought occured to me…Why throw this in in the middle of a story and not just run it as a bridge between the current story and the next one (whomever is writing it)…I think the issue this time is not Mike needing additional prep time – again if he needed coverage, they would have put it between stories…but perhaps the issue is Eric Costello – maybe something with the storyline-perhaps the Trib requested a changed for content or perhaps to extend or shorten it? Or something up with Charles meeting deadlines? Think about it.

Good morning™, Deadly Deed Deniers !

Someone’s lying through their pearly whites.

I guess Dr. Roche was not too popular? !

Is it my imagination…or does Dr. Howard look a bit like the late Bob Newhart?

Dr. Howard should have been named Dr. Dangerfield.

What really weird is that they stay in character when answering a cop’s questions about a murder.

MOVIE QUOTE

“You should never mix fairy tales with liverwurst and buttermilk”

Rosemary Clooney—-WHITE CHRISTMAS—1954

Okay,it’s Rogue’s gallery time—-an advanced test for Burchett on how well he can draw familiar faces.

They couldn’t find anybody who looked remotely like Oodles

Bob Newhart alert – Panel 3!

The theme to the Top Cat cartoon show has been running through my head for three days now . Checkov and Captain Terrell didn’t have it worse on Ceti Alpha V .

1- SHAKEY – NOT STIRRED: Didn’t Double Up confess? What’re ya botherin’ me for???

2- BLACKJACK: What? You believe I might be writing myself prescriptions for “uppers”? How can you look at my calm demeanor and suspect that?

3- BOB NEWHART: Well…yes…I may have…may have killed him. I…I don’t remember. NOW LEMME DO MY RODNEY DANGERFIELD FOR YOU, DICK! I begin by loosening and pulling on my tiel

HOWARD: “An’ never get any respect! NO respect at all! I mean, I could’ had a guest starring role in GASOLINE ALLEY this week, buy my agent, Mr. Fang, booked me for a one-panel gig here, AND I gotta pay car face to get here!”

(It’s the Dangerfield tie shift that set me off) (Well, he also looks like Bob Newhart melting,but shy bring that up?)

I guess Dr. Hall is a tribute to Huntz Hall. Do I get a gold star?

Jerome Trohs is hiding under the sofa until the excitement blows over